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The Following Takes Place between 3.30 am and 4 am

Chloe awoke slowly, and it took a second for her mind to fully comprehend the situation. Her vision was blurry, and her head was hurting in two different spots. She tired to move, but at that point she realized her hands and feet we handcuffed to a chair in the center of a small, empty room. Well, almost empty, except for the table sitting in front of her. It was cluttered with... what? She couldn't tell. The room was mostly dark except for a dim lamp sitting on the table. She lifted her head to try and see what else there was. She caught a glimpse of a knife, a burner, a razor blade, a taser, and a syringe. Suddenly she heard a door open behind her, then close with a slam. She winced, afraid. She heard footsteps coming from behind her, then quickly Cheng came into her view from the side. He took a step right in front of her and stared down at the agent. Chloe looked into his face. This is the guy that took Jack away for all those months.. She thought. This is the guy that turned Audrey into a vegetable and gave Jack those scars... and this is the guy that's going to do the same to me... She stared up at Cheng, trying to decide if she hated him more then she was afraid of him. She couldn't tell, but the hate and fear we're pretty closely matched.

"Ms. O'Brian." he finally said in his thick, Chinese accent. "I believe you know what you're here for." Chloe looked down, and nodded slightly. "Good. Now don't try playing games with me, saying you don't know how to fix it. I've done my research, you know exactly what to do. The question is, will you?" Chloe shut her eyes tightly, trying to prevent any tears. "No." she whispered quietly. "No, I won't do it."

"Very well." Cheng turned around and grabbed a small razor blade from the table. "You brought this on yourself." he muttered.

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Jack, now being along side of Milo, Peter and Morris, was rapidly firing his gun. Most of the enemy soldiers we're down, but five of them we're doing well to stay alive. Morris took aim and fired off six bullets; only two of them hit the soldier his was aiming at. The soldier fell, and didn't move a muscle. Morris assumed his was dead and turned his attention to the remaining soldiers.

"We're doing good!" Milo shouted his encouragement for the ones shooting and the ones hiding. "We've only got four left!" The enemy soldiers we're all hidden, and momentarily the gun shots ceased. The agents exchanged glances and became more tense then ever. Suddenly one gun shot was fired, and a cry of pain echoed throughout the bullpen. Morris had fallen.

"Morris!" Milo called out as he ducked down and crawled to Morris's side. Instantly the rapid fire of guns returned, and only Jack and Peter we're left shooting.

"Milo get back to your gun!" Jack ordered. Milo ignored him. "Anyone here a doctor?" Milo asked quickly.

"I am." the CTU medic crawled out from behind a chair.

"Can you help him?"

"Milo back on your gun!"

"I don't know," the doctor examined Morris's wound, it was between the shoulder and neck. "Judging by his breathing no major internal organs have been ruptured, but the rapid bleeding suggests a major artery has been hit. His body's already in shock and he unconscious. I can try and delay the bleeding, but without the proper tools.."

"MILO! GET ON YOUR GUN!"

"Help him." Milo ordered, then jumped back up and started firing.

"There are two left!" Peter announced. Milo took aim and plucked off the last one. The last one jumped into a hallway and the gun fire stopped again.

"Don't take him out." Jack ordered. "We need him. Everyone retreat their weapons." Milo and Peter put their guns down and ducked behind the desks, but Jack held his steady. The soldier looked out around the wall and started firing, but soon nothing was heard but the sound of his trigger clicking. He retreated, and then quick footsteps were heard. Jack stood up as fast as he could and jumped over the desks, then quickly took off running. "Hostile is trying to escape, everyone maintain your positions!"

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Chloe had given up all attempts to try and hold back her tears. Cheng was watching as his accomplice slowly sliced the razor blade through the skin under Chloe's ear, causing large amounts of blood to drip onto her shoulder and crust in her hair. She tried jerking away, but that didn't help much at all. "Are you ready to fix it?" Cheng asked. Chloe shook her head, causing the razor to dig deeper. She shut her eyes, causing more tears to fall, and bit her tongue.

"Ms. O'Brian." Cheng hissed. "This is going to get worse and worse. You can stop it now, by simply fixing the component." Cheng's man removed the razor away from her ear, and Chloe dropped her head. "I'm not fixing it for you." she finally hissed, actually succeeding in sounding courageous.

"Admirable." Cheng's expression didn't change. "But we have a long way to go. And with CTU compromised, we have more time then ever. Your hero, Jack Bauer, isn't going to come to your rescue. And nobody outside of CTU knows you're missing. You are ours, and we're going to do whatever it takes to make you comply." Cheng turned to the table and picked up a medium-sized knife. He turned on a burner and set the blade of the knife resting on it, slowly heating up. "I'll give you a minute to think about this." he said as he left the room, with his man following him. Chloe heard the door slam behind her and winced, watching the thin trail of smoke rise from the burner. Cheng's words echoed in her mind. No one's coming to save me.. If I'm ever going to get out, I'll have to get out myself. She looked around the room, and started coming up with a plan.

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Jack was chasing the soldier down the hallways of CTU. The soldier knew it was over, and he knew he was going to get caught, he was just making one final, desperate attempt. Jack held his gun forward as he was running, ready to use it if he needed. The soldier grabbed his phone while running, but before he could do anything a gunshot was heard and a sharp cry echoed through the halls as the soldier fell. He was winching and sobbing as blood poured out of his left leg.

"I would introduce myself," Jack kept his gun aimed at the fallen soldier as he approached his side. "But I believe you already know me. And you know what I'll do to you to get the information that I need."

"I don't know anything." The soldier choked out.

"Don't waste my time!" Jack kicked the soldier out of frustration. "Tell me where Cheng is!"

"I don't know!" The soldier was holding his leg just above the wound and rocking back and fourth. Jack kneeled down and stared the soldier in the eyes.

"I am going to do whatever it takes to get Cheng and my agent back. Your going to tell me what I want to know, it just depends on how much its going to hurt."

"I already told you," he sobbed. "I don't know!"

"Fine." Jack took the barrel of his gun and held it above the soldiers wound. "You going tell me what I want to know?" The soldier shook his head.

"I don-" he started, but was interrupted by Jack shoving the gun into his leg and him letting out a loud, blood curdling scream. Jack shut his eyes for a second, then lifted his gun. "I'm going to shoot you again if you don't tell me where Che-"

"Edgewood!" the soldier sputtered in between deep sobs.

"What?"

"Edgewood... its an abandoned physcratic center..."

"Is the agent he took there as well?"

"Yes.."

"Does he have the circuit board?"

"Yes.."

"Why did he take her?"

"Because.. the circuit board was damaged.. he.. he needed someone to fix it.." Jack looked down and sighed heavily.

"He's going to torture her to make her comply.." he stated, and he started to wonder if Chloe would break. "Then what?"

"He's going to kill her... either way. And there's no way for you to stop him."